Touching video of elephants helping a calf out of a waterhole.

An elephant calf gets stuck in a waterhole. The mother struggled to get the calf out as the rest of the herd left. Watch as the herd returns and a more experienced member gives her a helping trunk. EDIT (free lesson on how to tell elephant genders apart): A few people have asked how we know the adult helpers are females. Female elephants have skin folds between the hind legs that can confuse the inexperienced observer and make them look a bit like a male elephant. The easiest way to tell in this video is